It probably couldn't have grown as fast as it did, but it certainly could get to it's current size. no, because banks don't even do this kind of lending anymor

It probably couldn't have grown as fast as it did, but it certainly could get to it's current size. no, because banks don't even do this kind of lending anymore. to grow google organically would have taken decades. in that time they would have been crushed by competitors with access to public funds American Tobacco are you aware that american tobacco was one of the first stocks listed on the dow? sorry to blow your theory, and to boot the formation of the company was based on monopoly economics Ford Motor Company, still controlled by the original founding family. and larry and sergey own a lot of google. and jerry and david own a lot of yahoo. founders keep lots of stock, this has nothing to do with public/private ownership. the ford family extracts wealth from ford, they do not contribute to it or bankroll it